a.foreign.seed.

the tree has been growing,
nonstop for years now.

it started as a seed
that fell from the sky;
picked up by the wind
and carried somewhere

far away.

it was probably scared
at one point.
different leaves, strange roots
nosy birds, squiggly worms,
and even the sun shone differently.

but the sky remained the same
and the rain fell the same way,
the earth stayed firm
and the wind reminded it of home.

but it was a foriegner
in a strange land,
forced to make do

and so it grew.